STARBURST
RECORDS

Independent label: Starburst Records was a Sublabel label of Magnum Music Group. It managed at least three singles. It issued singles in an SMTS-000 numerical series. The Magnum Music Group a label centred on mid-price reissues and licensed products. The Magnum Music Group Former Address: Magnum House High Street, Lane End Buckinghamshire HP14 3JG. Distributed By Magnum Music Group Records. Althea & Donna were a Jamaican reggae vocal duo, consisting of Althea Rose Forrest and Donna Marie Reid. They are best known for their 1977 single "Uptown Top Ranking", which was a number one hit in the United Kingdom in 1978. Dennis Emmanuel Brown born 1 February 1957 and died 1 July 1999, he was a Jamaican reggae singer. During his prolific career, which began in the late 1960s when he was aged eleven, he recorded more than 75 albums and was one of the major stars of lovers rock, a subgenre of reggae. Bob Marley cited Brown as his favourite singer, dubbing him "The Crown Prince of Reggae", and Brown would prove influential on future generations of reggae singers. In the late 1990s, Brown's health began to deteriorate. He had developed respiratory issues, probably exacerbated by longstanding problems with drug addiction, namely cocaine, leading to him being taken ill in May 1999 after touring in Brazil with other reggae singers, where he was diagnosed with pneumonia. After returning to Kingston, Jamaica, on the evening of 30 June 1999, he was rushed to Kingston's University Hospital, suffering from cardiac arrest. Brown died the next day, the official cause of his death was a collapsed lung. Me and You are a Jamaican reggae trio. Me and You come from a musical family, discovered by Dennis Brown, they began their career in 1974, he, Alton Ellis, Castro Brown and Granville Blake.

  

79	Althia And Donna	Up Town Top Ranking	STARBURST	SMTS	001
79	Dennis Brown	Money In My Pocket	STARBURST	SMTS	002
79	Me And You	You Never Know What You've Got	STARBURST	SMTS	003